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Nov. 4 1924. 1,514,519 w. M. HARRIS PEN Filed April 14 1922 WITNESS:A'ITORNEY atented Nov. 4, 1924.

WILLIAM M. HARRIS, F EVAN STON, WYOMIN G.

YEN.

Application filed April 14, 1922. Serial No. 552,620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evanston, 'in the county of Uinta and State of Wyoming, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pens, of which the followingr isa specification.-

his invention relates to a pen, the general object of the inventionbeing to provide means for making impressions upon checks and the likewhich cannot be altered.

Another object of the invention is to make the writing point in the formof a roller with means for furnishing ink or the like to 1 the roller.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several arts, to behereinafter fully described, il-

ustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side view of the device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the writing end of thedevice.

Figure 4 is a view of 2. ad.

Figure 5 is a view of the all.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the head partlyremoved.

In these views 1 indicates the handle of the device which at one end isprovided with a bore 2 and a projection 3 which is ofv tapered shape,.as shown. A removable head 4 has a reduced part 5 which fits in thebore with enough friction to hold the head in position. The head isprovided with a chamber 6 which opens out at the side of the head whichis engaged by the projection 3 so that said projection 3 acts as a coverfor the said chamber. One wall of the head is rovided with a socket 7which receives tlie stems 8 of a pair of plates 9. The outer parts ofthese plates are bent over the outer end of the head and these partshave openings 10 therein to receive and hold aball 11. The outer plateis formed with an extension 9' which extends upwardly and inwardly sothat its end will engage the end of the projection 3 when the head is inplace. The parts are so arranged that the ball projects beyond theplates so that a portion of the ball is in the chamber and anotherportion projects beyond the end of the head. The ball is rotatablymounted in the plates and the parts are so positioned that when the endof the head is placed adjacent a surface the ball will contact with saidsurface and when the pen is moved along the ball will rotate and thusact as a pen point. Ink or the like is furnished to the ball by means ofa pad 12 located in the chamber 6 and having a part contacting with theinner part of the ball. The device can be provided with a cap 13 whichmay contain theholdi'ng clip 14 for holding the pen in a pocket. I alsoprovide a pad 15 upon which the sheet to be written upon is laced, thusallowing the ball to make a eep impression in the sheet written upon andalso preventing the impression from being made on the sheet beneath asin a check book.

As shown the ball is provided with indentations 16 which form raisedportions which will convey the ink or other material to the sheet. Theinvention is designed for writing checks and other valuable papers andforms an impression that cannot be altered.

It will ofcourse be understood that the device can be used for writin onan surface as I do not wish to be limited to c ecks. It is thought fromthe foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of minvention will be readily apparent.

I esi're it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A pen of the class described comprising a body havinga projecting part, a head removably carried by the body and having achamber therein which is covered by the projecting part, a pad inthechamber for receiving ink or the like and a roller carried by thehead and having a portion engaging the pad for conveying the ink of,each plate havin a, hole therein and a thereon to the surface to bewrltten upon. ball held in said ho es and projecting be- 2. A pen of theclass described comprisypnd each plate the inner projecting por- 10 inga head, a handle in which the head is t on engagmg the pad and the outerpor- 5 removably secured, a chamber in the head, 10 1 t e sheet tobewritten upon.

a pad in the chamber, a pair of plates car- In testlmony whereof I affixmy s1gnature. ried by the head and forming the end there- WILLIAM M,HARRIS,

